Black

"Black" in Portuguese

afrodescendente

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atro

(absorbing all light)

atro

(bad; evil)

escuro

(without light)

negro

(absorbing all light)

negro

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negro

(bad; evil)

negro

(illegitimate, illegal or disgraced)

preto

(absorbing all light)

preto

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preto

(of coffee or tea, without milk or other whitener)

sombrio

(bad; evil)

sombrio

(illegitimate, illegal or disgraced)

fumo

(black cloth hung up at funerals)

negra

(dark-skinned person — see also Negro)

negro

(colour/color)

negro

(dye, pigment)

negro

(dark-skinned person — see also Negro)

preta

(pen, pencil, etc. with black pigment)

preto

(colour/color)

preto

(dye, pigment)

preto

(pen, pencil, etc. with black pigment)

Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.